News tagged with levels
Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person's healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold, or about $2,000 per year. For each additional risk factor ...
Ancient oceans offer new insight into the origins of animal life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of a rock type found only in the world's oldest oceans has shed new light on how large animals first got a foothold on the Earth.
Team reveals molecular mechanism underlying a form of diabetes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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By investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialized pancreatic cells and insulin secretion. The mechanism involves ...
Assisted reproductive techniques alter the expression of genes that are important for metabolism
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that assisted reproductive ...
Extreme glucose levels in diabetic patients with heart failure linked to increase risk of deaths
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Compared with patients with moderately controlled glucose levels, diabetic patients who have heart failure and either too high or too low glucose levels may be at increased risk of death, said researchers at Baylor College ...
How immune cells may help predict Alzheimer's risk?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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What if you could test your risk for Alzheimer's disease much like your cholesterol levels -- through a simple blood test?
Gadgets: Affordable, customized headphones that sound nice, too
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 08, 2009 |
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You might think a customized set of headphones would cost an incredible amount of money, but that is not the case with iFrogz headphones.
Explosive growth of life on Earth fueled by early greening of planet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Earth's 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments ...
Link between obesity and diabetes discovered
Jul 08, 2009 |
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A Monash University study has proven a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease.
Plants Save the Earth from an Icy Doom (w/ Podcast)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifty million years ago, the North and South Poles were ice-free and crocodiles roamed the Arctic. Since then, a long-term decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has cooled the Earth. ...
Police work undermines cardiovascular health, comparison to general population shows
Jun 30, 2009 |
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It is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why.
Pollution figures put Europe under spotlight
Jun 23, 2009 |
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European policy makers must collaborate more closely in the fight against global warming, according to a leading expert who compiled the most detailed ever record of greenhouse gas emissions across the continent.
Close relationship between past warming and sea-level rise
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, along with colleagues from Tuebingen and Bristol have reconstructed sea-level fluctuations over the last 520,000 years. Comparison of this record with data on ...
Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A major study of three to 19 year-olds has provided vital data on the weight problems faced by the growing number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes, which is more prevalent in younger age groups than type ...
Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In a Geologic Instant,' Study of Prehistoric Glacier Shows
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists ...
